Ultra ‐acute diagnostics for stroke: Large‐scale implementation of prehospital biomarker sampling

ConclusionsPrehospital biomarker sampling can be implemented in all EMS units and provides a median timesaving of more than 30 minutes to first blood sample. Large prehospital sample sets will enable development of novel ambulance biomarkers to improve early differential diagnosis and treatment of thrombolysis candidates.

Source: Acta Neurologica Scandinavica - September 17, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: O. S. Mattila, H. Harve, S. Pihlasviita, J. Ritvonen, G. Sibolt, M. Pystynen, D. Strbian, S. Curtze, M. Kuisma, T. Tatlisumak, P. J. Lindsberg Tags: Original Article Source Type: research